Kuwait competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 56 competitors, all men, took part in 26 events in 7 sports.
Athletics
Men's 100 metres Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi Heat — 11.28 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres Khaled Hussain Mahmoud Heat — 1:54.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres Khaled Khalifa Al-Shammari Heat — 3:57.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m Hurdles Abdultif Hashem Heat — 53.31 (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw Najem Najem Qualification — 39.26 m (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's Hammer Throw Khaled Murad Ghaloum Qualification — 47.40 m (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's Shot Put Mohammad Al-Zinkawi Qualification — 17.15 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Men's Long Jump Essa Hashem Qualification — no mark (→ no ranking)
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankAbdullah Mayouf10 m platform326.3423Did not advance
Fencing
Nine fencers represented Kuwait in 1980.
Men's foil Khaled Al-Awadhi Kifah Al-Mutawa Ahmed Al-Ahmed
Men's team foil Ahmed Al-Ahmed, Khaled Al-Awadhi, Ali Al-Khawajah, Kifah Al-Mutawa
Men's épée Kazem Hasan Mohamed Al-Thuwani Osama Al-Khurafi
Men's team épée Ebrahim Al-Cattan, Osama Al-Khurafi, Mohamed Al-Thuwani, Kazem Hasan, Kifah Al-Mutawa
Men's sabre Ahmed Al-Ahmed Ali Al-Khawajah Mohamed Eyiad
Football
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group B) Defeated Nigeria (3-1) Drew with Colombia (1-1) Drew with Czechoslovakia (0-0) Quarter Finals Lost to Soviet Union (1-2) → Eliminated
Team Roster Ahmad al-Trabulsi Mahboub Mubarak Jamal al-Qabendi Waleed al-Mubarak Saed al-Houti Fathi Marzouq Abdulla al-Biloushi Jasem Sultan Mu'ayed al-Haddad Hamad Bouhamad Yousef al-Suwayed Ahmad Askar Humoud al-Shemmari Sami al-Hashash Faisal al-Daakhjl Abdulnabi al-Khaldi
Handball
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group B) Lost to Romania (12-32) Lost to Soviet Union (11-38) Lost to Switzerland (14-32) Lost to Yugoslavia (10-44) Lost to Algeria (17-30) Classification Match 11th/12th place: Lost to Cuba (23-32) → 12th place
Team Roster Faraj Al-Mutairi Khalid Shahzadah Saleh Najem Fawzi al-Shuwairbat Jasem al-Deyab Ismaeel Shahzadah Jasem Al-Qassar Majid Al-Khamis Abdel Aziz Al-Anjri Mond al-Qassar Musa'ed Al-Randi Khamis Bashir Abdullah Al-Qena'i Ahmad al-Emran
Judo
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAdham Hemdan100 m freestyle58.3334 Did not advance200 m freestyle2:07.5138colspan=2 Did not advanceMohamed Abdul Wahab400 m freestyle4:37.6828colspan=2 Did not advance100 m butterfly1:06.3531 Did not advanceSaleh Marzouk200 m butterfly2:36.5325colspan=2 Did not advance
References
External links Official Olympic Reports